Powering Vancouver’s Clean Energy Future

Serving as a cornerstone of Vancouver’s sustainable development strategy, the False Creek NEU is designed to provide affordable, lowcarbon energy services. However, growing demand and evolving energy goals required an infrastructure overhaul that could keep pace with future needs.

The NEU faced several significant hurdles in its modernization journey:

• Manual-intensive processes created operational delays and limited responsiveness
• Inefficient equipment hindered performance and sustainability goals
• An unscalable control narrative restricted future growth
• Limited visibility into auxiliary systems prevented proactive maintenance and system optimization

Any upgrade had to take place with minimal disruption to essential heating and hot water services, making the process both technically and logistically complex.

Celco collaborated closely with NEU stakeholders to deliver a comprehensive integration and automation solution, ensuring operational continuity while enhancing performance.

Celco’s Contributions:

• Control Narrative Development: Reviewed and refined the system logic to support automation and scalability
• Seamless Integration:Linked legacy systems with new infrastructure for a unified control platform
• Advanced Programming: Enabled long-term system flexibility and future expansion
• Extended System Visibility: Integrated vendor systems into a centralized interface for full data access
• Training & Change Management: Delivered hands-on training for operators to ensure smooth adoption of new systems

Celco’s expert approach delivered tangible, high-impact results for the NEU and the City of Vancouver:

Plant Energy Capacity → 99% uptime
System Visibility → 100% vendor data access for real-time analysis
System Automation → Full transition to automated operations
Sustainability Impact → Achieved CoV green initiative milestones

Celco’s success with the False Creek NEU showcases how municipal utilities can modernize aging infrastructure without service interruptions—a major concern for cities dependent on legacy systems. Through seamless integration, intelligent automation, and staff enablement, Celco empowered the NEU to meet both its operational and environmental goals.

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